Watching the lottery trial is like being invited to go behind the curtain and see how legislative politics really works in North Carolina. Democrati...

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For us Republicans, I’m afraid, pretty bad. The Foley scandal is a microcosm of what’s wrong with Congress: Arrogance, Hypocrisy and Venality. And it ...

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Governor Easley didn’t know about Kevin Geddings’ ties to lottery companies. He didn’t know his chief political aide orchestrated ads attacking three ...

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The newspapers are reporting more good times in Governor Easley’s administration. Last summer the Governor’s folks at the Department of Transportation...

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With the campaign in its final month, here are some predictions and observations: Speaker Black’s troubles won’t hurt Democrats in North Carolina.&...

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Washington Republicans are suffering from bad memories these days. Condi Rice can’t remember a “supposed meeting” in which she was briefed about Osam...

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Opium production is up in Afghanistan and the Taliban, not coincidentally, is making a comeback. The day before these reports ran in the newspapers Ne...

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A jury will decide whether former Lottery Commissioner Kevin Geddings violated a criminal law.  But he clearly broke the first law of politics: D...

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Lately, City Manager, Russell Allen, has been gone from a low-profile to a high-profile city manager. I agree with him on some of the issues he’s spea...

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The school board meeting the other night was packed with parents opposed to year round schools. One mother let the ‘chips fall where they may,’ put it...

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